Authors sometimes set their stories in fictionalized versions of real cities. But how does a book's setting being close to home change how you read the book?

In response to this post on science fiction and fantasy version of real life cities, commenters began discussing some fictional cities — from Ursula K Le Guin's take on Portland, OR in The Lathe of Heaven to Charles de Lint's spin on Ottawa in Moonheart — and how they intersected with their real world equivalent, or, sometimes, didn't:

Iwas living in Ottawa in the '90s when I read Charles de Lint's Moonheart, so I went to check out the block of houses that's secretly supposed to be one big house, and it had already been partly gentrified.

Have you ever gone to see some of the city sights recommended to you by fiction? And did seeing them change how you imagined the story? Tell us about some of the books that take place in your city — and just what they did (or didn't) add to your reading of the book.